sonach

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Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

sonach (genitive singular masculine sonaigh, genitive singular feminine sonaí, plural sonacha, comparative sonaí)

  1. sonic

Declension

Declension of sonach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative sonach shonach sonacha;
shonacha2
vocative shonaigh sonacha
genitive sonaí sonacha sonach
dative sonach;
shonach1 		shonach;
shonaigh (archaic) 		sonacha;
shonacha2
Comparative níos sonaí
Superlative is sonaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of sonach
radical lenition eclipsis
sonach shonach
after an, tsonach 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Noun

sonach

  1. locative plural of son
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